Iain cuthbertson father jenny agutter bobbie sally thomsett phyllis peter bromilow doctor ann lancaster ruth. Featured book article about the railway children by e. The railway children is one if not the greatest childrens film of alltime. Father, john stuart john richmond frederick treves iain cuthbertson michael kitchen. Book author elsa fennell costume designer geoffrey leggett set designer jock.
The railway children is a childrens book by edith nesbit, originally serialised in the london. Railway children is a lost treasure that needs to be seen by families and film aficionados alike. The three openhearted children soon make many friends including their old gentleman whom they regularly wave to on his morning train journey. Nesbits 1906 novel, three children and their mother are forced to swap edwardian city. I have always wanted to adapt a book for television and like most other people share a geniune affection for the railway children. We recently purchased a beautifully bound copy of the railway children by e. I missed the scene from the book where they bring down the poodle from the chimney and stop the first world war from. Villagers turned out to pay their respects at funeral services for actor iain cuthbertson. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the railway children near you. Based on edith nesbits book about three children whose lives change dramatically after they move from a comfortable townhouse to a small yorkshire cottage near a railway line. Nesbits classic childrens novel which follows the fortunes of three edwardian children whose father is wrongly jailed for treason.
Other roles came in sutherlands law 197376 with feature work including the railway children 1970, scandal 1989 and others. The railway children by lionel jeffries dinah sheridan. The novel itself is one of the very finest that nesbitt ever wrote and lionel jeffries realisation of it for the cinema has to be one of the very best examples of the transfer. The railway children is a childrens book by edith nesbit, originally serialised in the london magazine during 1905 and first published in book form in 1906. The story follows the adventures of the waterbury children, who are forced to move with their mother dinah sheridan from a luxurious edwardian villa in the london suburbs to three chimneys, a house near the fictional great northern and southern railway in yorkshire, as their father iain cuthbertson, who works at the foreign office, has. Genres children, drama directors lionel jeffries cast includes dinah sheridan, jenny agutter, sally thomsett, gary warren, bernard cribbens, iain cuthbertson. The railway children 1970, short clip, fathers return. Shop the railway children 40th anniversary edition dvd. Cuthbertsons first marriage, to anne kristen in 1964, was dissolved in 1988.
Dinah sheridan, bernard cribbins, william mervyn and iain cuthbertson. The railway children cast and crew cast photos and info. The railway children 1970 film pop culture wiki fandom. The three children occupy their time by waving to trains, which leads to a number of adventures. From 1975 to 1978, he served as rector of the university of aberdeen. Dalrymple mourns death of iain cuthbertson daily record. The railway children 1970 on tv channels and schedules. The book the railway children is a childrens book published in 1906 by edith nesbit, an early british socialist who had very strong views about the importance of family values for the upbringing of children, and the story it told was presumably intended to be contemporary. After the enforced absence of their father, three children move with their mother to yorkshire, where during their adventures they attempt to discover the reason for his disappearance. Cuthbertsons marriage to the actor anne kristen ended in 1988 she died in 1996. The film was directed by lionel jeffries, and stars dinah sheridan, jenny agutter who had earlier featured in the successful bbcs 1968 dramatisation of the novel, sally thomsett and bernard. Make sure you buy a format region that will work on your player. Their mother is forced to make the move after their father was wrongly imprisoned, but the children, ignorant of the circumstances, soon settle into their new home, enchanted by the countryside and enthralled by the. A lovely classic english movie, based on the novel by e nesbit five children and it.
Falling on hard times, mother moves them to a cottage in the country where the. The railway children wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. The railway children is based on the novel by e nesbit, author of five children and it. Bernard cribbins is terrific as railwayman perks, and jeffries final scene in which iain cuthbertson, playing the.
Sensitive without being sentimental, the film perfectly captures a magical moment in childhood, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest childrens films of all time. Iain cuthbertson scottish actor obituary television. Childrens literature books childrens trains books books the railway children. The railway children was lionel jeffries first film as a director, and his good taste in hewing closely to the modest lines of the book is matched only by his direction of actors. Dinah sheridan, bernard cribbins, william mervyn, iain cuthbertson, jenny. With dinah sheridan, bernard cribbins, william mervyn, iain cuthbertson.
About 34 through the film, which is supposedly set in the 1900s, theres an exterior shot of jenny agutter as roberta talking to william mervyn as the old gentleman. Iain cuthbertson was born on january 4, 1930 in glasgow, scotland. Jenny agutter in the railway children 1970 jenny agutter and sally thomsett in the. So when i saw this fortieth anniversary dvd i had to purchase it as it is my boyfriends favourite film of alltime. Bobbie, the eldest girl, makes contact with him to try and get help for the problems they are facing. Jack shepherd and iain cuthbertson star in a bbc radio 4 fullcast dramatisation of the classic swashbuckling tale. The railway children british board of film classification. Exiled with their mother to a life of genteel poverty on the yorkshire moors, they are soon drawn to the railway at the bottom of the garden, and all kinds of adventures. It has been adapted for the screen several times, of which the 1970 film version is the best known.
The railway children 1970 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Nesbit which created within me the desire to get to know the story a little bit better. Lionel jeffries 1970 drama the railway children arrives on dvd for the first time from anchor bay with a widescreen anamorphic transfer enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions. Directors lionel jeffries cast includes dinah sheridan, jenny agutter, sally thomsett, gary warren, bernard cribbens, iain cuthbertson. Having outwitted a band of pirates to obtain a map disclosing the whereabouts of captain flints treasure, young jim sets sail for treasure island. The railway children 40th anniversary edition on itunes. He was an actor, known for we, the accused 1980, doctor who 1963 and scotch on the rocks. Not much has been seen or heard of him since, but he surfaced for a book on the making of the movie, where he revealed he quit the acting game and moved to oxfordshire to raise two kids. Let me take you back to a gentler era full of sweet innocence and steam trains. The railway children 19702010 40th anniversary edition bluray an absolute gem.
In 1905, the waterbury family live in comfort until one night when some mysterious men take away father charles iain cuthbertson, and so mother sheridan, with no money to speak of, has to take the children to a ramshackle yorkshire cottage to live. There are several moments that stand out proudly in railway children that transform this from mediocrity to excellence one happens to be our three children. Nesbits muchloved bestseller the railway children is a timeless and enduring affair. The railway children is a 1970 british drama film based on the novel of the same name by e. If i were asked to choose my top childrens book of all time i would be horribly torn between k grahams wind in the willows and eh nesbitts the railway children. As we watch bobbie grow up with the worries of an absent parent. The railway children is gentle entertainment from another age, but does its job beautifully. On film, he appeared as charles waterbury in the railway children 1970. Over mervyns shoulder can be seen a white delivery van driving rather fast along a road on the other side of the valley from where the filming took place this is very obvious in the widescreen version.
After their father is mysteriously taken away, three edwardian children move to the country where the local railway becomes a source of hope and adventure. The roguish villain charlie endell, nemesis of adam faiths title character budgie 197172, turned the stage trained cuthbertson into a household name, even spinning off into a series of his own. The actor iain cuthbertson brought his towering, 6ft 412in stature and commanding presence to two very different television roles, on both sides of the law, in the 1970s. Meanwhile the children find themselves involved in several unexpected dramas on the railway. Bbc news entertainment return of the railway children. The railway children dvd this is a brand new item, not a used ite. Classic period drama about three children whose lives change dramatically after they move from a comfortable townhouse to a small yorkshire cottage near a. Dinah sheridan, bernard cribbins, william mervyn, iain cuthbertson, jenny agutter, sally thomsett, peter bromilow, ann. Mother dinah sheridan explains nothing except that father has had to go away, and with her children moves to a humble house in the country. I have seen the film on television but i dont think i ever read the book as a child so now is my chance although i will be reading a paperback copy. Its hard to imagine but this film was first released back in 1970.